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Parc Amazonien de Guyane et Saül


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Marail Guan Penelope marail LC resident - present A3
Black Curassow Crax alector LC resident - present A3
Sooty Barbthroat Threnetes niger LC resident - present A3
Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis NT resident - present A1
Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja VU resident - present A1
Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris LC resident - present A3
Guianan Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos LC resident - present A3
Black Nunbird Monasa atra LC resident - present A3
Guianan Toucanet Selenidera piperivora LC resident - present A3
Green Araçari Pteroglossus viridis LC resident - present A3
Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger LC resident - present A3
Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini LC resident - present A3
Caica Parrot Pyrilia caica LC resident - present A3
Blue-cheeked Amazon Amazona dufresniana NT resident - present A1, A3
Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus LC resident - present A3
Brown-bellied Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla gutturalis LC resident - present A3
Rufous-bellied Antwren Isleria guttata LC resident - present A3
Spot-tailed Antwren Herpsilochmus sticturus LC resident - present A3
Todd's Antwren Herpsilochmus stictocephalus LC resident - present A3
Black-throated Antshrike Frederickena viridis LC resident - present A3
Blackish-grey Antshrike Thamnophilus nigrocinereus LC resident - present A3
Band-tailed Antshrike Thamnophilus melanothorax LC resident - present A3
Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula LC resident - present A3
Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons LC resident - present A3
Hylexetastes perrotii NR resident - present A3
McConnell's Spinetail Synallaxis macconnelli LC resident - present A3
Tiny Tyrant-manakin Tyranneutes virescens LC resident - present A3
White-fronted Manakin Lepidothrix serena LC resident - present A3
White-throated Manakin Corapipo gutturalis LC resident - present A3
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola LC resident - present A3
Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor LC resident - present A3
Dusky Purpletuft Iodopleura fusca LC resident - present A3
Glossy-backed Becard Pachyramphus surinamus LC resident - present A3
Boat-billed Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus josephinae LC resident - present A3
Painted Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum pictum LC resident - present A3
White-throated Pewee Contopus albogularis LC resident - present A3
Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parvus LC resident - present A3
Cayenne Jay Cyanocorax cayanus LC resident - present A3
Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris LC resident - present A3
Blue-backed Tanager Cyanicterus cyanicterus LC resident - present A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Guyane et Saül Regional Natural Park 100
1995 Région de Saül Biotope Protection Order 3
2007 Guyane (parc amazonien) Parc national, zone cœur 96
2007 Guyane (parc amazonien) [aire d'adhésion] Parc national, aire d'adhésion 2


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parc Amazonien de Guyane et Saül (French Guiana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parc-amazonien-de-guyane-et-saül-iba-french-guiana on 22/11/2024.